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The College of Health Information Management Executives' 2013 Fall CIO Forum wrapped up Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a spate of announcements and award presentations.
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Part of a four-year tentative labor agreement reached this week between the California Nurses Association and Dignity Health includes a new program designed to curtail and deal with workplace violence.
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At about 8 a.m. Monday, the electronic health-record system at seven San Francisco-area Sutter Health hospitals, medical offices and clinics went dark. The meltdown continued through late afternoon or early evening, leaving doctors and nurses without access to patient information, according to...
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With not-for-profit healthcare systems facing growing scrutiny of their executive compensation, median total pay for the top 25 highest paid CEOs climbed 12% as base salaries grew 3% year over year.
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The push by hospital operators into the health insurance business continues as pressure increases to prepare for alternatives to fee-for-service payment. Adventist Health, a large California-based health system with 18 hospitals in four states, is expected to seek California's approval for an...
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Two northern California healthcare organizations have sent letters to more than 17,000 patients notifying them that their personally identifiable medical records have been exposed in separate breach incidents. Meanwhile, links between one of the breaches and a meth amphetamine investigation may...
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When Alameda County, Calif., sheriff's deputies conducted a drug bust in Oakland in May, they found drugs, but a search turned up something else, too: personal information on about 4,500 Sutter Health patients.
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BILLINGS, Mont.—Not-for-profit Billings Clinic and RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a for-profit hospital company based in Brentwood, Tenn., formed a joint venture that seeks to draw on the operational expertise and financial resources of both organizations. “We don't think it's...
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Proponents of emerging forms of advanced illness care are banking on new payment models, such as accountable care organizations, to bolster their efforts and provide reliable reimbursement.
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Sutter Health, a 24-hospital not-for-profit system based in Sacramento, Calif., named Stephen Nolte CEO of its health plan, which is under development and is expected to begin marketing HMO products next fall.
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